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Many countries without the access to the technology we have in the West eat more healthily.

eating healthily is a matter of choice in a prosperous society. technology is not necessary for proper eating, i agree. the hunza people would not benefit from having a McDonald's. i do not include myself in your, "we in the west" i eat just fine. i applaud your dedication to organic. anything else is slow death. many people do very well by restriction of carbohydrates. resistant starch being preferable. since i have completely eliminated grain and potatoes, from my diet, i have experienced a clarity of mind and improvement in all systems heretofore unimagined. this, it turns out, was primarily due to the elimination of lectins in seed foods, grains, nuts, and beans, with a few exceptions. also, alkaloids found in nightshades. i experience less digestive trouble and am nearly devoid of joint pain, that i had since childhood. i have experimented with many diets, over 25+ years. to be my best, and do my best, i need to eat what i was evolved to eat. subsistence is denial of my best self.

99.99% of humans are eating degraded, under nutritional foods, even if they are so called organic and vegan. This is because most do not eat raw, freshly picked truly organic food, say from your own garden or farmers market for every meal every day. Also there are poisons in the earth, water and air in this age and this prevents food from having proper nutritional content. Digestive trouble is probably some form of parasite, as 1 out of every 7 humans have them and they cause all manner of physical and mental problems. Also proper exercise is needed along side a mostly if not all fully raw vegan diet for optimum health. You can see my Yin Yoga series for more details on the best methods.